Counter culture talk courtesy of a Catholic convert.
The West crumbles but, as usual, God’s got a fix.

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Supreme Court of Canada Decision Sets Back Free Speech

Yesterday’s decision really bodes badly for Canadian free
speech and particularly the freedom of Christians to express what they believe
to be divinely ordained truth, i.e. the Bible, traditional Christian teaching
etc.

Canada’s top court has released an unanimous decision today
that critics say has struck a monumental blow against freedom of speech,
opinion, and religion across the country. The court ordered the defendant, a
Catholic pro-family activist with a reputation for intense activism, not only
to pay a fine, but also to pay court costs which could amount to hundreds of
thousands of dollars.

The complication is that millions of Canadians do see
homosexual behaviour in exactly those fire-and-brimstone terms, even if the
rest of us (myself included) do not. They include not only many religious
Christians such as Mr. Whatcott, but also many religious Muslims and Jews. And
there is no sugar-coating the fact that — despite its claim to be “balancing”
the rights of all concerned — the Court effectively has privileged the
protection of gay Canadians over the right of religious Christians to promote
what they view as the established, Biblical take on homosexuality.

Moreover, the Court wrongly chose to wipe away any
distinction between hating acts associated with homosexuality, and hating
homosexuals as people. That distinction may be meaningless for most Canadians.
But it is an important distinction in Christian doctrine. Whatcott himself
specifically invites gays to “repent” their ways and attain salvation — which
suggests, crucially, that he does not regard any person as permanently stained
by sin.

Ezra Levant is frustrated with this ruling and points out
the stupidity and confusion of the Court: